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With your permission I'd like to open up for questions
But before that
I just have to know are you left handed or right handed?
(laughs)
I'm actually both I'm right handed so
Both Mandy and I are
right handed and we both had to learn to fence with our left
But luckily we had the most incredible trainers
And you saw the sword fight its pretty incredible. And that's you? That's actually us. Rob said "listen,
I don't want to have stand ins
I want to be able to film you doing it
So go learn it and come back and show me what you've got
So the first time we did it
We started to learn like a ballet
We had two trainers sadly no longer with us
But they were great
And they would flip us for instance
One day I'd learn my role and then
The next day I'd learn Mandy's and Mandy would learn mine
That way we knew each other's technique and
There was no room for error that's how we had no accidents
and uh... it started out very slow
Practicing this that this that right
By the time we got it down to show Rob
Rob looked at it and said
And it was over in under a minute, he goes
That's great!
But its too short
and so the trainers were scratching their heads
He said go back and add some more you know
So that's when they built this tower that you see the steps that we go up and he almost pushes me over
And then the whole flip thing - that was not me obviously
I should be telling you that it was
But I do not know how to do
a somersault
First question yes I have a daughter she's five
and she's the greatest thing I'll ever do ever and
I'm a very blessed man she
has me wrapped around her
little finger but I guess that's normal right? I'm a pro
at acting out Barbie with her
I've got all the characters down
I let her ride me on horseback and pretend she's a cowgirl for her its great she has an actor
dad
who when's he not working
Its pure entertainment for her
So my wife would say
You've got to slow it down a little
She's starting to expect you to entertain her all the time
But she's such the apple of my eye I can't help it.
I love being with her.
The whole thing of
being half dead you know when I was being carried that wasn't in the script I did all that and Rob liked that
Little lines here and there
but not much because look its Bill Goldman
Its not like you want to change his style, the guy's a genius.
Billy Crystal was allowed to
Because that part really wasn't written
and being a stand up comedian he's
a hilarious guy
he had us all in stitches you know I was supposed to be playing dead in that scene
and I ruined a ton of takes because how do you, you know
He was saying crazy things
like don't bother me my son
I caught
My son with a sheep last night
Rob reiner
Has a laugh you can hear in Detroit
The sound guy had to
Come up to him and say Rob
We're not getting any takes here
Between you and Carey and Mandy forget it
So Rob actually had
To remove himself
From the set
Because he couldn't watch it
And they had basically stay off me
For most of this dialogue
Because it was hilarious
It was just a joy to make - this film was a joy and I think it shows on the screen
We all had such a good time doing it
(Have you gotten together since?) Oh yeah, this is the Twenty-fifth anniversary this year. Twenty. Five. Years.
I always say its the gift that keeps on giving
Its a film that's got heart
I think that's why it connect with people its silly
Its funny its got heart its got a good message its a message about true love and that's a great thing
And so
It's very special
I still
If I walk into Toys R Us with my daughter if I walk
To the section where there are plastic swords I get attacked
Hey! There he is!
I'm with a company called Florida Dream Homes and we purchased everyone who works for s
a ticket to come here and see you
Some who works for me is named Olga
And this is her birthday week
And I asked her what did she want for her birthday
And she said a hug from Carey Where is she? She's right here
Like I said I'm blessed If they put on my tombstone "As You Wish" I'm fine with that
Andre - I miss him to this day The sweetest sweetest guy
So sweet
So sweet adorable
The most gracious sweet guy ever
And he taught me a lot about life and love and compassion and friendship
He made us all laugh
That smile that you see in the film
That smile - he had that smile on his face
Everyday all day
And you can't help but be affected by that. It's infectious
I'll never forget - he called
Rob Reiner "Boss"
Everyday he'd say "Hey Boss" ANd Rob said
He's calling ME Boss
I come up to his naval
The strangest thing I've seen a fan do She lifted up her hair
And showed me the back of her neck and she had tattooed "As You Wish" on the back of her neck And I said to her I hope your Mom's okay with this
And she asked me to sign it
And she said now I'm gonna tattoo your name on there I said Oh you don't have to do that - honestly
She sent me a picture
to my publicist
A week later and there it was my signature on the back of her neck. God Bless her.
I don't really I don't really watch my movies much I have a theory
If I'm in it I don't really need to see it actually
You div deep into a lot of your characters. A lot of research
You've driven a racecar
Its fun I think its true with anything you do in life you either give it 100% or what's the point right?
There's no point in showing up and doing a half-assed job
I of course get "As you wish" and Mandy gets
"You killed my father"
Its endless its incredible Its one of those films its the gift that keeps on giving
It has great heart to it I'm blessed I'm very blessed I never take it for granted